Effect on skin hydration of using baby wipes to clean the napkin area of newborn babies: Assessor-blinded randomised controlled equivalence trial

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lavender, Tina ^a,b   Furber, Christine ^a   Campbell, Malcolm ^a   Victor, Suresh ^a,b   Roberts, Ian ^a   Bedwell, Carol ^a   Cork, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BABY WIPES; CHILDBIRTH; CLEANING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYGIENE PRODUCT; INFANT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SURFACE; WATER LOSS; WOOL;

BUTTOCKS; CITRIC ACID; DETERGENTS; DIAPER RASH; EMOLLIENTS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN CARE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; WATER; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 84865134807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-59     Document Type: Article

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